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Civil Litigation, Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Billing case lawyer denies wrongdoing

Apr. 30, 2019
By Justin Kloczko

The Los Angeles city attorney’s office said it only recently found emails indicating outside counsel defending its interests i...


Criminal


Public defender joins Avenatti for arraignment

Apr. 30, 2019
By Meghann Cuniff

The embattled attorney was temporarily appointed counsel as he said he’s finalizing his agreement with private attorneys


Civil Litigation


Greene Broillet & Wheeler LLP announced a $10 million settlement on behalf of young man injured by a tractor trailer.


U.S. Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A federal appeals court’s decision to appoint a special prosecutor in the criminal contempt case against former Maricopa Count...


Law Practice, Alternative Dispute Resolution


Elliot N. Brown, a longtime partner and former managing partner at Irell & Manella LLP, is leaving the firm to join the me...


Law Practice, Education Law


New data from the American Bar Association show graduates are employed more frequently in full-time positions 10 months after ...


Entertainment & Sports


Pitting the power of the arbitrator against the arbitration agreement, attorneys for Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. argued Mond...


The California Democratic Party and former chairman Eric Bauman have been named in another lawsuit alleging sexual harassment ...


Judges and Judiciary


Eye for Detail

Apr. 30, 2019

Despite her heavy calendar, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Wendy Chang knows her cases inside and out.



Running Water

Apr. 30, 2019

Mark Hattam draws on his past as a horse racing reporter in negotiating San Diego water issues.


Civil Litigation, Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The Los Angeles city attorney's office said Friday it has discovered a batch of emails by outside counsel hired to defend its ...


Government, Criminal, California Supreme Court


Newsom’s first pardon request veiled in secrecy

Apr. 29, 2019
By Paula Lehman-Ewing

Gov. Gavin Newsom seems to be continuing a tradition of keeping the clemency process in the shadows, submitting his first clem...


Environmental & Energy, Criminal


After an oil pipeline company exposed a loophole allowing it to forgo probation during a sentencing hearing last week, Santa B...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility


The attorney representing Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge John T. Laettner, who is facing a complaint of making sexis...


Civil Litigation


A federal court jury in Los Angeles put the brakes on a $9 million product liability suit against Ferrari North America Inc. a...


Southern California Edison is facing a $100 million lawsuit filed by the County of Los Angeles and its flood control and fire ...


A federal judge appeared inclined Friday to disqualify a law firm from representing one of Uber Technologies Inc.’s competitor...


Intellectual Property


The federal government is reviving its forfeiture case against the Mongol Nation motorcycle club with a new request prosecutor...


A San Francisco federal judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from implementing n...


A U.S. magistrate judge has indicated she will vacate a delay set by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and her departmen...



Mom-and-Pop Shop

Apr. 29, 2019
By Doug Sherwin

Dicks & Workman fight for the downtrodden as partners in both law and marriage.


Government, Criminal


With radio silence from two state attorney generals regarding an investigation into prosecutors' alleged illegal use of inform...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


State Auditor Elaine Howle has found numerous problems with investigative processes at the Commission on Judicial Performance ...


In Recess


Chief Emcee

Apr. 26, 2019
By Shane Nelson

No stranger to hip hop, Warriors’ legal chief David Kelly has rapped for years as Capital D.


A superior court judge ordered an oil pipeline company Thursday to pay a fine of $3.25 million, a tiny fraction of the $1.25 b...


Civil Litigation


California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced a $150M settlement against investment bank Morgan Stanley for misleading ...


Government, Administrative/Regulatory


The definitive consumer privacy law whose implementation was delayed a year emerged in a different form this week after lawmak...


Civil Litigation, Criminal


Avenatti’s ex-wife and a former client each have stakes in the aircraft.


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, Civil Rights


A former baseball coach for LAUSD magnet school LACES said in a lawsuit filed Thursday the district fired him for assisting co...


Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court


A lawsuit against the San Francisco Giants brought by guards at the team’s park will return to the plate in state court with t...